First of all, does anyone have the low-down on how skating is actually judged? The Canadian pair last night was the best by far, at least from this layperson's point of view. They came away with silver, which is not a bad thing at all - except that their average score was 11.68, while the average score of the gold medal winners was only 11.63.

There's this pesky thing about the "ordinals," where the judges say what place the pair should have. If that's what decides the contest, why have a scoring system at all? I really don't understand.

Also the bronze medalists had several glaring errors in their presentation, and still managed to medal.

Now.... if you're watching this on network TV, they'll have you believe there's nothing going on but skating, snowboarding, skiing, with a little luge thrown in for good measure. We watched the entire prime-time broadcast last night and there was absolutely NO mention of curling.

I have never seen a curling match. I would really like to see one.

I would also like to see the biathlon competition.

Is it not unfair to these people who have worked really hard, that some of them get all the media, and others get none? Personally, I'd like to be on the good side of anyone who can heft a 42-pound stone at me.

Cheers---- KFC